Andrew Grogan-Kaylor

Sandra K. Danziger Collegiate Professor of Social Work

Andy Grogan-Kaylor https://agrogan1.github.io/ (University of Michigan)https://umich.edu/
2023-02-22

About Me

My interests are in developing more knowledge to reduce violence against children and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), with the aim of improving child and family well-being. It is my hope that a better understanding of how to reduce violence against children, and how to reduce ACEs, will contribute to a better understanding of how to improve mental health and well-being across the lifespan. In this research I try to understand the family and community origins of aggression, antisocial behavior, anxiety and depression. My current research focuses on parenting and child development in international context. I try to understand these issues within the context of current conversations about children’s rights.

A particular focus of my work has been to examine the outcomes of physical punishment. Working closely with many colleagues, we have shown that physical punishment is associated with a wide variety of negative outcomes, even when used minimally, or when used in ostensibly “normative” ways.

I teach courses mostly in the area of statistics, quantitative methods and data visualization.

“Blog-ish” Posts

Selected Courses

Data Visualization

Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling

Categorical Data Analysis

Research on Parenting and Child Development

Many of these publications are available from Deep Blue.

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) (UNICEF Data)

This research is conducted in collaboration with colleagues Shawna Lee, Julie Ma, Kaitlin Ward, Garrett Pace, and Jorge Cuartas.

Figure 1: Locations of Countries in MICS

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

COVID-19

Colombia

Meta-Analysis of Research on Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment Bans

Figure 2: Country Level Bans on Corporal Punishment

Earlier Research on Corporal Punishment

Community Based Research in Alaska

Selected Collaborations

Stata Materials

All Stata Materials

Introductory Materials

Data Visualization

R Materials

R

ggplot

dplyr

xaringan

Bayesian Statistics

Introductory Materials

Multilevel Modeling

Statistical Tutorials and Visualizations

Introductory Materials

Causality

Bivariate Statistics

Multivariate Statistics

Mapping and GIS

Notes for a course in development on GIS and Mapping

Data Visualization

Telling Stories With Data

Contact

Andrew Grogan-Kaylor